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- ↑ Simons, Julian "Tom Ardolino: Artists: Modern Drummer Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2010-12-05., "Modern Drummer", July, 2005, accessed December 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Unknown Brain by Tom Ardolino". Nrbq.com. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ↑ "NRBQ – News". Nrbq.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
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- ↑ McArdle, Terence (January 20, 2012). "Tom Ardolino, ebullient drummer of NRBQ, dies at 56". The Washington Post.
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